Jamie had been fidgeting in the hallway, partly due to the fact that his chair was stupidly uncomfortable, but mostly because they were waking his dad up, and he needed to make sure he was OK.
He could hear the shouting even before his grandmother came out to get him, and he jumped up and ran into his dad's room. "Dad, Dad, I'm here, I'm fine," he said, trying to get him to calm down.